linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 6/6] cpufreq: powernv: Add sysfs attributes to show throttle stats

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Date:	Wed, 03 Feb 2016 21:54:41 +0530
From:	Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>, rjw@...ysocki.net,
	Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, pc@...ibm.com, anton@...ba.org,
	shreyas@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, bsingharora@...il.com,
	mpe@...erman.id.au, linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 6/6] cpufreq: powernv: Add sysfs attributes to show
 throttle stats


> 
> And now that you have mentioned that to me, why shouldn't this stats
> directory be moved to debugfs ? :)
> 
> We are never going to perform a store here, isn't it ? And is just for
> information, nothing more.
> 

I would very much like to keep the throttle stats either in cpuX/cpufreq or
global cpufreq directory as these are populated by the platform cpufreq driver.

Today we don't have a requirement to a perform a store operation on these files
but we can have it in the future.

Thanks and Regards,
Shilpa